Re: allow users to run application

From: Jimmy Andersson [MVP] (jimmy_NO_SPAM__at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/21/05


Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:25:16 +0100

In additions to Andrew's and Steven's great answers, you can also use the
Application Compatibility Toolkit to find out what the application tries to
do.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/appcompatibility/default.mspx

Regards,
/Jimmy

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"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:ewtqQXrFFHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Andrew gives great advice on tracking down permissions problems. Usually 
> you will find users denied access to the application folder in program 
> files, the application subfolder in program files\common files, the 
> application subfolder folder in the all users profiles\application data 
> folder, or the HKLM\software folder for the application. It is not always 
> possible to solve the problem with permission changes. If the user can run 
> the application as a power user then it should be able to be solved with 
> modifying permissions.
>
> If all that fails and since the clients are XP Pro you can use Software 
> Restriction Policies to restrict what application a domain user runs and 
> installs on their domain computer. This also can apply to local 
> administrators via the enforcement rule [except for safe mode]. Of course 
> a local administrator could always unjoin a computer from the domain to 
> avoid any domain policy assuming they know that they are an administrator, 
> that they know how, and would take the risk based on consequences in your 
> user computer use policy. The link below explains SRP more. You will 
> probably find that using hash and path rules will do what you want and 
> check all the files that are considered applications for SRP as admins 
> usually get tripped up not realizing that shortcuts are considered 
> applications by default.  ---  Steve
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/rstrplcy.mspx - 
> -- SRP.
>
> "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:FE93CB2D-A852-4991-AE45-41C36E1A9EE6@microsoft.com...
>>I have a bunch of application that needs admin rights to run. They will be
>> installed locally to the user PC is their away I can create a policy to 
>> allow
>> the domain user to run these programs without giving them admin rights to 
>> the
>> PC?
>>
>> It would be great to have a domain wide policy but we could do local 
>> policy
>> if need be.  I realy don't want to have them do a run as.
>>
>> It is a xp on 2003 enviroment.
>>
>> Thank you for any help.
>
> 


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